Produced by Louise Hope, Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's Note: This book has over 800 small black-and-white illustrations. They can be found in the "images" directory associated with the html version of this file, in two forms: thumbnails, named in the form "thumb_NN_NN.png" numbered sequentially within each page (without leading 0's) larger images, named "pic_NN_NN.png" For this plain-text file, each illustration or group of illustrations is identified by number, omitting the "pic_" or "thumb_" component and the "png" extension. Misspellings have generally been left uncorrected. They are listed at the end of the text.] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [Illustrations: frontis_1 - frontis_5 _The "White Lion," Banbury, early John Bewick._ _Early cuts used to illustrate "Tommy Two Shoes." York and Hull editions._ _Early cut from "A New Year's Gift."_ _"Jack and the Giants," early York edition._] _BANBURY CHAP BOOKS_ and NURSERY TOY BOOK LITERATURE [of the XVIII. and Early XIX. Centuries] with Impressions from Several Hundred ORIGINAL WOOD-CUT BLOCKS, By T. & J. Bewick, Blake, Cruikshank, Craig, Lee, Austin, and Others. Illustrating Favourite Nursery Classics, with their Antiquarian, Historical, Literary and Artistic Associations: FAITHFULLY GLEANED FROM THE ORIGINAL WORKS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD, THE BRITISH AND SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUMS, &c. With very much that is Interesting and Valuable appertaining to the early Typography and Topography of Children's Books relating to Great Britain and America. INCLUDING Jack the Giant Killer, Cock Robin, Tom Thumb, Whittington, Goody Two Shoes, Philip Quarll, Tommy Trip, York and Banbury Cries, Children in the Wood, Dame Trot, Horn Books, Battledores, Primers, etc. By EDWIN PEARSON. LONDON: Arthur Reader, 1, Orange Street, Bloomsbury, W.C. 1890. _Only 50 copies Large Paper,_ _500 " Small._ [Decoration] INTRODUCTION.